| 词组 | clean up |
| 释义 | clean up 1. clean up • clean up sth • clean sth up to make a place or person clean and tidy, after they have become very dirty: ▪ We spent all Saturday morning cleaning up after the party. ▪ A lot of money needs to be spent on cleaning up our beaches. clean yourself up ▪ You'd better clean yourself up before dinner! clean up the mess BrE ▪ I don't mind you having a party, as long as you clean up the mess afterwards. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑clear up clean-up n singular when you clean a place thoroughly and make it tidy, especially when it is very dirty: ▪ This kitchen could do with a bit of a clean-up. 2. clean up sth • clean sth up to remove dirt, water, poisonous gases etc from something in order to make it clean again: ▪ There was mud all over the carpet and it took me ages to clean it up. ▪ The way to clean up pollution in our cities is to limit the amount of traffic allowed in. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑clear up clean-up adj always before noun concerned with removing the dirt, water, poisonous gases etc caused by a disaster: ▪ Equipment was sent to help with the clean-up operation at Chernobyl. 3. clean up sth • clean sth up to improve the moral standards in a place or organization and stop people behaving in an illegal or dishonest way: ▪ The new governor was determined to clean up Arizona's politics. ▪ New laws aimed at cleaning up the financial services industry will soon be in place. clean-up adj always before noun concerned with getting rid of dishonest or criminal activities: ▪ a clean-up campaign to prevent the sale of illegal drugs 4. clean up your act informal to improve the way in which you do something and start behaving in a more acceptable way: ▪ The industries that are responsible for this pollution must clean up their act. ▪ Lou was really wild as a teenager, but recently he's started to clean up his act. 5. clean up informal to win or earn a very large amount of money: ▪ We really cleaned up at the races today. |
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